Category Archives: Saskatchewan

Scorching summer heat hits Canada, but won't touch records set by the 2021 heat dome
Sweltering temperatures stretching from British Columbia to the Ontario border has prompted hundreds of heat warnings, but it's not as intense at the deadly 2021 heat dome in B.C., says a national war...
Jul 08, 2024

'We built the diamonds and the world came to us': Lasting impact of upgrades to Prime Ministers Park
When a group of softball enthusiasts embarked on a campaign a decade ago to bring top-tier fastpitch to Prince Albert, they never anticipated it would land the city on the world stage multiple times. ...
Jul 08, 2024
SGEU ratifies three-year agreement with Sask. Government
The Saskatchewan Government and General Employees Union (SGEU) has ratified a three-year contract agreement with the provincial government.According to the Government of Saskatchewan, the three-year d...
Jul 08, 2024
Explosive devices found in rural mailboxes: Saskatoon RCMP
Several mailboxes near Sunset Estates in the RM of Blucher were broken into and suspicious objects were left inside them on Sunday, according to Saskatoon RCMP.One of the mailboxes was damaged by an e...
Jul 08, 2024
Manhunt launched for two men who escaped Yorkton correctional centre
RCMP are on the hunt for two inmates who ran away from jail.Police say they got word that two men escaped from a correctional centre in Yorkton on Sunday at 1 a.m.Thirty-year-old Brett Schnieder and 2...
Jul 08, 2024

Low supply continues to plague Sask. real estate markets
The latest numbers from the Saskatchewan Real Estate Association shows the continual increase of the cost of buying a home in Saskatchewan, accompanied by a continuing drop in the amount of homes for ...
Jul 08, 2024

Living history: grand opening of overnight experience at Doukhobor Dugout House offers visitors insight into ancestor's lives
Against the backdrop of the serenity that only a summer's bucolic environment can offer, the great-great-grandson of a man killed in a train explosion 100 years ago took to the podium to speak of peac...
Jul 07, 2024

Fourth and final year of walk by survivors of Duck Lake residential school underway
There are only about 75 kilometres between Duck Lake and Wahpeton Dakota First Nation, but it's a much longer journey for Scott Bird on the path of reconciliation. "My whole family was part of the [In...
Jul 07, 2024
UPDATE: Deadly weekend on highway near Battlefords
Not one, but two fatal collisions occurred on Highway #4 Friday afternoon resulting in five deaths and six injured people.At approximately 12:45 p.m. Battlefords RCMP responded to a truck and van coll...
Jul 06, 2024
‘We need closure’: community gathers for Tamra Keepness annual BBQ
The disappearance of Tamra Keepness remains a mystery even 20 years later, as more than 100 people gathered to keep her story fresh in people's minds.Five-year-old Keepness disappeared from her home i...
Jul 06, 2024